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173579P.pdf 03/07/2019 Barton Roberts v. Sergeant Kopel
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-3579
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Gruender, Circuit
Judge]
Prisoner case - Prisoner civil rights. Correction officers who disregard
visible and self-reported symptoms medical professionals believe to be flu
symptoms are not deliberately indifferent to an obvious need for immediate
medical attention, and plaintiff could not state a cognizable claim under
the Eighth Amendment.